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Period: Early 20th Century
L. & J. G. Stickley Antique Mission Oak Arts & Crafts Server or Writing Desk
Located in South Bend, IN
A gorgeous antique Mission or Arts & Crafts quarter sawn oak server, writing desk, or library table
By L. & J.G. Stickley
USA, Circa 1900
Measures: 32"W x 16.13"D x 33.25"H.
Good...
Category
American Arts and Crafts Antique Early 20th Century Desks
Materials
Oak
Early Oak Desk By Gordon Russell
Located in Petworth, GB
Arts & Crafts very early oak desk
With 5 drawers and 2 cupboard doors
Chamfered oak, pegged jointed with original key and hinges
Laburnham handles
Dated 1923
Original ‘Lygon’ la...
Category
English Arts and Crafts Vintage Early 20th Century Desks
Materials
Chestnut, Oak
20th Century Burl Walnut Bombe Secretary Bookcase with Etched Glass Doors
Located in Savannah, GA
Italian Bombe secretaire with a distinct burl walnut grain. Highlights include the original wrought iron hinges, a hand carved decorative crown and etched mirrored panels featuring a...
Category
Italian Louis XV Vintage Early 20th Century Desks
Materials
Walnut, Burl, Mirror
English Mahogany Writing Desk
Located in Wilson, NC
This writing desk is finished on all four sides. The ends have fluted quarter columns. The legs and knuckles have acanthus leaves carved in high relief and terminate in ball and claw...
Category
English Vintage Early 20th Century Desks
Materials
Brass
G F Hardy. An oak childs desk with a slanted writing area and storage underneath
Located in London, GB
G F Hardy Manchester. An Arts and Crafts oak childs desk with a slanted writing area and storage underneath. The sides are carved and polychrome painted with a sweet little rabbit an...
Category
English Arts and Crafts Vintage Early 20th Century Desks
Materials
Oak
Louis XVI Style Ormolu Mounted Galleried Mahogany Burl and Marquetry Desk
Located in Germantown, MD
An outsanding Louis XVI Style Ormolu Mounted , Mahogany Burl and Marquetry Desk with top gallery. Very good antique condition. Intricate Marquetry work all over to the legs terminati...
Category
French Louis XVI Early 20th Century Desks
Materials
Brass, Ormolu
Very Large Mahogany Centrepiece Partners’ Desk in the Chippendale Style
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
A very large mahogany centrepiece partners’ desk in the Chippendale style, attributed to Maples or Gillows, of oval form with a replaced green leather top, the frieze with six small ...
Category
English Antique Early 20th Century Desks
Materials
Mahogany
Early 20th Century Provincial Cherry Newly Enameled Decorated Desk or Vanity
Located in Germantown, MD
An Early 20th Century French Provincial Cherry with a freshly Hand Enameled and Decorated Desk or vanity. Artistic and professionally enameled. Light Lemon yellowish green base. Me...
Category
American French Provincial Early 20th Century Desks
Materials
Enamel
Renaissance-Revival Desk in Black Umber with Trestle Base, Grand Rapids
Located in Miami, FL
A Renaissance-revival desk or sofa table in walnut with dark, ebonized umber finish & featuring beautiful carvings that include decorative moldings, linen fold panels & acanthus foliage along the apron & drawers, as well as applied papier-mâché rosettes & cartouches. Desk rests on a trestle base with a stretcher & offers three drawers. Grand Rapids, MI, circa 1920. There are two labels that read: "Imperial Grand Rapids, Michigan" and "Klingman's Sample Furniture...
Category
American Renaissance Revival Vintage Early 20th Century Desks
Materials
Mahogany
Desk Walnut Art Nouveau with Brass Fittings, Fitted Interior, with Brass Accents
By Murray-Kay Limited
Located in Toronto, CA
A beautiful drop front desk in walnut with interesting fitted interior. Great Art Nouveau brass fitted hardware and details. Presented to Dr. Anthony Stewart of Palmerston Ontario by appreciative friends in 1911
tags Murray -Kay Ltd which existed between 1910 and 1923. This recently restored desk...
Category
Canadian Art Nouveau Early 20th Century Desks
Materials
Walnut
Mission Oak/Tiger Oak Single Drawer Desk with Bookshelves
Located in Pasadena, TX
This is a nice example of Arts and Crafts craftsmanship. This Mission Oak desk is made of oak and quarter sawn oak. It has a single drawer for storage and bookshelves built-in on bot...
Category
American Arts and Crafts Early 20th Century Desks
Materials
Oak
Jugend-Stil Desk, Sweden 1910
Located in New York, NY
A stunning Jugendstil desk in original condition with all working locks and hardware. Ebonized oak provides an amazingly sturdy writing surface which is at 29.75". Two base cabinets ...
Category
Swedish Jugendstil Early 20th Century Desks
Materials
Bronze
Early 20th Century Oak Pedestal Banker's Desk
Located in Dekalb, IL
Antique wooden banker's desk with large writing surface.
We find it mind-boggling that this piece doesn't have a manufacturer's tag, because we want to shake the hand of whoever mad...
Category
Early 20th Century Desks
Materials
Oak
France Desk Art Deco, 1920, Materials, Wood and Chrome
Located in Ciudad Autónoma Buenos Aires, C
French desk style: Art Deco
Year 1920
Material: Wood and chrome
It is an elegant and sophisticated dream desk.
The quality of the furniture and the exotic wood used make it unique. ...
Category
French Art Deco Vintage Early 20th Century Desks
Materials
Wood
An Arts & Crafts four piece hand-hammered dressing table or desk set
Located in London, GB
Birmingham Guild of Handicraft. An Arts & Crafts four piece beautifully hand-hammered dressing table or desk set consisting of a copper jewelry box with a domed lid and incised flora...
Category
Arts and Crafts Antique Early 20th Century Desks
Arts & Crafts Mission Oak 3 Drawer Desk & Chair with Rush Seat by Lifetime C1912
By Lifetime
Located in Port Jervis, NY
Fabulous mission Oak Arts & Crafts 3 drawer desk with a horizontal slat back desk chair with a rush seat. One long drawer over two short drawers. Both pieces are all quarter sawn oak...
Category
American Arts and Crafts Vintage Early 20th Century Desks
Materials
Iron
Early 20th C. Louis XV Marquetry Inlaid Mahogany Galleried Slant Front Desk
Located in Germantown, MD
Early 20th Century Louis XV Style Marquetry Inlaid Mahogany Galleried Slant Front Desk.
Measures 29" in width, 18" in depth and 37" in height. Knee clearance is 28.25" open and 24" c...
Category
Unknown Louis XV Early 20th Century Desks
Materials
Metal
A Regency Style Carved Mahogany Beau Brummel Gentlemans Vanity Desk
Located in Lambertville, NJ
A Regency style carved mahogany Beau Brummel gentleman's dressing table, 20th century, the hinged top enclosing nine lidded compartments about a folding m...
Category
Antique Early 20th Century Desks
Materials
Leather, Mahogany
Early Chinoiserie Japanned Leather Top Desk and Chair Set - Nichols and Stone
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
A beautiful japanned Nichols & Stone chinoiserie desk and matching chair set. The desk itself is swoon-worthy with its painted traditional scenes of a forest and stenciled gold detai...
Category
American Chinese Chippendale Early 20th Century Desks
Materials
Metal
Early 20th Century Wooden Work Table or Writing Desk with Original Patina
Located in Praha, CZ
Beautiful table or desk from early 20th century with one drawer. The whole desk was sanded, especially the top part, and waxed.
Category
Czech Early 20th Century Desks
Materials
Wood
Outstanding Quality Large Antique Mahogany Serpentine Shaped Partners Desk
Located in Suffolk, GB
Outstanding quality large antique carved figured mahogany serpentine shaped partners desk having a three section brown leather top crossbanded in mahogany with an outstanding quality...
Category
English Early 20th Century Desks
Materials
Other
Waring and Gillow. An Arts and Crafts bow fronted kneehole twin pedestal desk
Located in London, GB
Waring and Gillows attributed. An Arts and Crafts bow fronted kneehole twin pedestal desk with chequered inlay with quality hand hammered brass handles, turned legs on original castors.
Category
English Arts and Crafts Antique Early 20th Century Desks
Materials
Brass
Wylie & Lochhead attri. An Arts & Crafts oak desk with new leather writing area
Located in London, GB
Wylie Lochhead attributed. An Arts and Crafts oak desk with central shelf, galleried sides, stylised copper handles, laid with a new leather w...
Category
English Arts and Crafts Antique Early 20th Century Desks
Materials
Copper
Antique Dutch Carved Oak Art Nouveau Desk / Shop Counter, Early 20th Century
Located in Nijmegen, NL
This stunning desk was made of very high quality oak and veneered panels on the back and side in the early 20th century. There are many hand carved details that make it a real statem...
Category
Dutch Art Nouveau Early 20th Century Desks
Materials
Oak
Antique oak partner desk
Located in Eindhoven, NL
Beautiful antique partners desk with 8 drawers on both sides. In good and completely original condition. Desk is made entirely of solid oak. Very practical because there is a lot of ...
Category
Antique Early 20th Century Desks
Materials
Oak
Louis Vuitton Traveling Lap Desk 65
Located in New York, NY
An extremely rare, special order at the time. The item doesn't come up in any books or research on the company about cases or trunks they made.
As per Louis Vuitton, this is a "Trav...
Category
French Early 20th Century Desks
Materials
Brass
Lifetime Furniture Antique Mission Oak Arts & Crafts Drop Front Secretary Desk
By Lifetime
Located in South Bend, IN
An exceptional antique Mission or Arts & Crafts period drop front secretary desk
By Lifetime Furniture
USA, Circa 1900
Gorgeous quarter sawn oak, with original hammered copper har...
Category
American Mission Antique Early 20th Century Desks
Materials
Copper
Antique writing desk with inlays and new leather top. Lebanon 1920s.
Located in Schellebelle, BE
Exceptional Lebanese desk,
beautifully decorated with Oriental Motifs,
bone inlay and new leather desk top,
good, great old patina.
Category
Lebanese Vintage Early 20th Century Desks
Materials
Cedar
American Antique Hand-Painted Birds and Poppies Desk
Located in South Burlington, VT
Love Birds and Poppies
This is an original and beautiful hand-painted and hand incised fall front desk. This unique work of art is hand-painted on front with a roundel of three vibrant and colorful birds against a mountain scape and bouquets and runners of red poppies and greenery on remainder front perimeters, the sides and back are plain.
Inside we find a fitted interior with one drawer and pigeonholes. Two simple shelves...
Category
American Arts and Crafts Early 20th Century Desks
Materials
Wood
Bauhaus Desk by Erich Dieckmann, Lacquered Rosewood, Maple, Germany circa 1925
Located in Regensburg, DE
Original, fully restored Bauhaus Desk, attributed to Erich Dieckmann, Germany, 1923-1925 at the Bauhaus in Weimar.
Wonderful rosewood / Palisander veneer with excellent piano lacquer finish.
Inside in bright maple in satin finish and high-gloss inside the doors.
Polished stainless steel trims around the top and bottom. Nickel-plated metal fittings and details, galvanized and polished.
Original locks repaired and galvanized. On the backside there are two book compartments...
Category
German Bauhaus Vintage Early 20th Century Desks
Materials
Stainless Steel, Nickel
Early 20th Century English Desk
Located in Stockbridge, GA
This desk is made of blond mahogany with a black leather top. it has 3 drawers and wears castors at the feet which make it easy to move it.
Category
English Early 20th Century Desks
Materials
Leather, Mahogany
Art Nouveau Walnut & Burl Reception Desk with Stone Top, U.S.A. 1920's.
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A stunning and substantial Art Nouveau style gallery counter or reception desk, made circa 1920's. Crafted in the United States, this impressive piece showcases masterful woodworking...
Category
American Vintage Early 20th Century Desks
Materials
Wood
Adams Edwardian Inlaid Carlton House Desk, Hand Painted, Angela Kauffman
By Angelica Kauffmann
Located in Manhasset, NY
Adams Edwardian Inlaid Carlton house desk, hand painted, satinwood,
An absolutely stunning Adams Carlton House desk in the manner of Angelica Kauffman. Typical form, the superstructure fitted with four banks of two small drawers flanked by curved cupboard...
Category
English Adam Style Antique Early 20th Century Desks
Materials
Wood
Queen Anne Style Burr Walnut Bureau on stand C.1920s
Located in Dereham, GB
Queen Anne Style Burr Walnut Bureau on stand C.1920s
Burr Walnut top & fall with Herringbone inlay,
Working lock & Key open to reveal:
Interior with Centre door with working lock & ...
Category
British Queen Anne Vintage Early 20th Century Desks
Materials
Walnut
Antique Fine Quality Small Georgian Revival Satin Birch Writing Table Desk
Located in Wisbech, Cambridgeshire
Antique fine quality small Georgian revival satin birch and mahogany writing table desk C1920.
No loose joints and no woodworm. Full of character and charm. A rare and attractive ...
Category
Vintage Early 20th Century Desks
Materials
Wood
Vintage Boho Spanish Hand Carved Writing Desk
Located in west palm beach, FL
Add old-world charm and artisanal elegance to your home with this stunning Vintage Boho Spanish Writing Desk. Hand-carved details across the drawers and apron showcase traditional cr...
Category
Spanish Rustic Early 20th Century Desks
Materials
Wood, Paint
Antique Chinoiserie Ladies Writing Desk c. Early 20th Century
Located in Westfield, MA
This striking Antique Chinoiserie Ladies Writing Desk, dating to the early 20th century, offers a beautiful blend of function and ornate design. The desk’s exterior is painted in a r...
Category
American Chinoiserie Early 20th Century Desks
Materials
Wood
Ladies Carlton House Desk Satinwood Regency
Located in Potters Bar, GB
This pretty desk is of a petite size in the Regency manner
Circa 1920
Raised upon turned and fluted legs with brass castors.
The desk features an arrangement of 9 mahogany lined draw...
Category
Regency Vintage Early 20th Century Desks
Materials
Satinwood
1920s Italian Console Art Deco by Osvaldo Borsani Blond Walnut and Burl Walnut
Located in Vigonza, Padua
Console Art Deco by Atelier di Varedo, by Gaetano & Osvaldo Borsani in blond walnut and burl walnut veneer. Top and bottom black ebonized. Wide drawer with original handles of the p...
Category
Italian Art Deco Vintage Early 20th Century Desks
Materials
Walnut
Antique French Louis Style Kidney Shaped Desk With Clock And Candelabras
Located in Chicago, IL
Antique French Louis IV Style Kidney Shaped Desk with a Clock and Two Candelabras
This exquisite Antique French Louis IV Style Kidney Shaped Desk is a stunning addition to any offic...
Category
Unknown Louis XV Early 20th Century Desks
Materials
Wood
Antique Bureau Plat French Inlay Desk Writing Table
Located in Potters Bar, GB
Quality antique French desk or bureau plat
Classic look crafted from kingwood with original ormolu fixtures
Good size at five feet - 154 CM - wide
Great for a home office set up
Boug...
Category
Vintage Early 20th Century Desks
Materials
Kingwood
Eugenio Quarti desk, Chair and Trah in Style Liberty or Art Nouveau, Jugestails
By Eugenio Quarti
Located in Ciudad Autónoma Buenos Aires, C
Eugenio Quarti (Desk , chair and Trash )
Style: Liberty or Art Nouveau or Modernism or Jugendstil
Furniture realized mainly in inlays of nacre and metallic applications, parchament
bronze ferrules.
We have specialized in the sale of Art Deco and Art Nouveau styles since 1982.If you have any questions we are at your disposal
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Eugenio Quarti was born in Villa d'Almè, a small village in the province of Bergamo, from an artisan family of woodworkers. In 1881, at the age of 14 years old he goes to Paris, where he will learn new techniques and broaden his horizons. In 1886, he returned to Italy and settled in Milan where he worked, for a short period, with Carlo Bugatti and then open his own workshop in via Donizetti 3.
His early works are strongly marked by Bugatti Moorish’s style, but already the exhibition of Turin of 1898 you can see the first signs of Art Nouveau and his personal style. He was always attentive to the quality and originality of his accomplishments, always attentive to every art form. Furniture realized mainly in walnut with inlays of nacre and metallic applications. Develop over time a harmonic elegance of the decor, with thread-like grounds, valuable wood species and inlays and high quality bezels with fine materials (nacre, silver, copper, bronze, pewter, etc.), this characteristic was called "the goldsmith of furniture makers."
In 1900 he participates at the Paris International exposition where he received the "Grand Prix" of the jury. Will participate in a number of other exposures as that of Turin in 1902 and Milan in 1906 where he will receive the "Grand Royal Award" and the "Diploma of gold medal".
Eugenio Quarti worked with the most prestigious architects of his time (Giuseppe Sommaruga, Luigi Broggi, Alfredo Campanini, etc.) well as with the great artists/craftsmen of his time as Alessandro Mazzucotelli. He also worked as a decorator, designing entire furniture for both public and private buildings. It was he who designed the furniture for Palazzo Castiglioni in Milan, Villa Carosio in Baveno, Grand Hotel and Casino in San Pellegrino Terme, Hungaria Palace Hotel in Venice Lido. One of his most significant works were the vessels of the "Bar Camparino", at the entrance site of the Galleria Vittorio Emanuele in Milan. however not disdain also committed less important such as the furniture for Villa Mariani to Bordighera residence of the painter Pompeo Mariani...
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Italian Art Nouveau Antique Early 20th Century Desks
Materials
Bronze
Desk Jugendstil, Art Nouveau, Liberty , 1900, France, Wood
Located in Ciudad Autónoma Buenos Aires, C
Desk
Style: Art Nouveau or Modernism or Jugendstil
Year: 1900
Materials :wood.
We have specialized in the sale of Art Deco and Art Nouveau styles since 1982.If you have any question...
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French Art Nouveau Antique Early 20th Century Desks
Materials
Wood
French Bureau Plat Desk Louis XVI Writing Table
Located in Potters Bar, GB
You are viewing a gorgeous Louis XVI style writing table in kingwood
We date this wonderful French antique desk to circa 1920
Hand crafted from kin...
Category
Vintage Early 20th Century Desks
Materials
Kingwood
Edwardian Satin Walnut Ladies Writing Desk
Located in Godshill, Isle of Wight
Edwardian Satin Walnut Ladies Writing Desk
A beautiful and useful piece of Edwardian furniture, the leather top Writing Table has a compartment with a lift up top which reveals inte...
Category
Edwardian Antique Early 20th Century Desks
Materials
Walnut
Art Deco Bar .
Located in Kraków, Małopolska
Art Deco bar Szczepan Lojek, Julian Pietrzyk from Poland Krakow, from 1910-1920.
Category
Polish Art Deco Vintage Early 20th Century Desks
Materials
Palisander
Louis XV Style Bonheur de Jour Ladies Desk
Located in Milford, NH
An elegant French Louis XV style Bonheur de Jour mahogany ladies desk with built in center clock surmounting an open cubby with single drawer, fla...
Category
French Louis XV Early 20th Century Desks
Materials
Brass
Fine French Blackened Wood Desk with an Off White Lacquered Top with Inlays
Located in Long Island City, NY
A fine French blackened wood desk with 3 drawers, an off white & black lacquered top with metal Inlays, and bronze handles and wheels.
Category
French Art Deco Vintage Early 20th Century Desks
Materials
Brass, Bronze
Donald Deskey Style Art Deco Skyscraper Design Secretary Wall Cabinet or Desk
Located in Westport, CT
In the style of Donald Deskey, Art Deco skyscraper design, cabinet/secretary desk, with draw compartments and desk, book shelf compartment. Functional dark mahogany wood, with nickel...
Category
American Art Deco Early 20th Century Desks
Materials
Nickel
Ladies Carlton House Desk Satinwood Regency
Located in Potters Bar, GB
This pretty desk is of a petite size in the Regency manner
Circa 1920
Raised upon turned and fluted legs with brass castors.
The desk features an arrangement of 9 mahogany lined draw...
Category
Regency Vintage Early 20th Century Desks
Materials
Satinwood
Gilbert Rohde 'Paldao' Desk for Herman Miller
Located in Middlesex, NJ
Gilbert Rohde 'Paldao' desk for Herman Miller.
Category
American Art Deco Early 20th Century Desks
Turn of the Century Carlton House Desk
Located in Pasadena, TX
Inlaid Mahogany Turn of the Century Desk
1905
Mahogany Carlton House style desk. Moulded and curved upper section with three quarter pierced...
Category
European Edwardian Early 20th Century Desks
Materials
Walnut
Queen Anne Style small Burr Walnut Escritoire, circa 1920s
Located in Dereham, GB
Fine Queen Anne Style small Burr Walnut Escritoire, circa 1920s
Curved Cornice with single drawer at front
Fall Front with Burr walnut veneer & walnut cross banding,
Working lock &...
Category
British Queen Anne Vintage Early 20th Century Desks
Materials
Walnut
20th Century Grand Ash Prewar Desk with Brass Fillings
Located in Opole, PL
20th Century Grand Ash Prewar Desk with Brass Fillings
We present you a big ash desk circa before 1939.
This piece of furniture is placed on high, angular legs.
There are rows of dr...
Category
European Early 20th Century Desks
Materials
Brass
Louis XVI Style 19th-20th Century Bronze Mounted Desk Manner Linke
Located in Manhasset, NY
Louis XVI style 19th-20th century bronze mounted desk manner Linke. This spectacular French desk can sit center room as it is finished on all sides with its stunning parquetry inlays...
Category
Louis XVI Early 20th Century Desks
Materials
Brass
An Elegant French Louis XV Style Ebonized 3-Drawer Writing Desk with Leather Top
Located in San Francisco, CA
of pegged construction the serpentine top with hand-tooled maroon leather insert above a shaped apron fitted with 3 drawers adorned with rocaille brass escutcheons; all raised on gra...
Category
French Rococo Revival Antique Early 20th Century Desks
Materials
Wood
19th Century French Walnut Writing Table Desk, Cabriole Legs Banded Top, Drawer
Located in Toronto, CA
A beautifully proportioned 19th century French style writing table or desk, crafted in walnut with a lovely pattern walnut top with a walnut edge band. The carving is nicely detailed...
Category
French Louis XV Early 20th Century Desks
Materials
Walnut
Bauhaus Partners Desk, Green Lacquer, Metal, Steeltube, Germany circa 1930
Located in Regensburg, DE
Large Bauhaus “Partners desk” (usable from two sides) from Germany around 1930
High gloss lacquered in the original green color (British Racing Green).
Polished steel tube and partly...
Category
German Bauhaus Vintage Early 20th Century Desks
Materials
Steel, Chrome, Sheet Metal
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